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Student Newspaper of the University of Southern California Since 1912 | www.dailytrojan.com | VOL. 175, NO. 1 | Tuesday January 10, 2012
InDEX 2 · Quick hits 4 · Opinion 9 · Lifestyle 20 · Classifieds 21 · Crossword 24 · Sports
Realpolitik:
Meryl Streep
shines as
Margaret
Thatcher in The
Iron Lady.
“USC should consider allowing
students to keep their work-study
jobs on campus for a set
time after graduation.”
One more year:
Junior quarterback
Matt Barkley and
junior safety T.J.
McDonald will
return for the 2012
football season.
sports 24
lifestyle 9
opinion 4
weather
Sunny
hi 70
lo 47
today tomorrow
Mostly Sunny
hi 67
lo 45
On Campus
By Conrad Wilton
Daily Trojan
Richard Saul Wurman, the creator
of the Technology, Entertainment
and Design conferences, will speak
at USC this morning as part of a
Visions and Voices: The Arts and
Humanities Initiative event to
discuss his new venture examining
the art of improvised conversation
and intellectual jazz.
Wurman’s project, titled WWW.
WWW, will gather some of the
world’s most influential thinkers,
take them to a secret location and
randomly pair them for impromptu
conversations onstage while the
audience analyzes their discussions.
Among those expected to attend
are internationally acclaimed
architect Frank Gehry and
Huffington Post founder Arianna
Huffington.
Wurman describes the new
conference as a “top drawer”
TED founder
to speak at
USC today
Richard Saul Wurman will
tell student about his plans
for a new type of conference.
| see Wurman, page 8 |
By Annalise Mantz
Daily Trojan
After more than one year as a colony, or probationary
chapter, Phi Sigma Kappa Fraternity received its official
charter last month, making the organization eligible to hold
its first official new member recruitment Jan. 16.
The fraternity returned to USC as a colony in fall 2010
after losing its charter in 2003 for disciplinary reasons. As
part of a fully chartered fraternity, members now have all
the privileges of initiated brothers and the ability to associ-ate
with the national fraternity.
Phi Sigma Kappa will move to The Row next fall into the
house it occupied in 2003, when its charter was revoked.
Demetrius Wallace, director of membership develop-ment
with the national fraternity, kickstarted in fall 2010
the efforts to bring a chapter back to USC.
Wallace said he recruited the initial members and intro-duced
them to the organization. The members then had to
fulfill a variety of requirements before the national fraterni-ty
would recognize them.
“They logged over 1,000 hours of service last year be-fore
they turned in their petition and they had raised over
$5,000 for different philanthropies like Swim with Mike,”
Wallace said. “We look for them to do things that a chapter
Phi Sigma
Kappa earns
official charter
Now that it has its charter, Phi Sigma Kappa
will begin its first new member recruitment.
| see Grek, page 3 |
Greek Life
By Chelsea Stone
Daily Trojan
Keshav Tyagi, a sophomore majoring in
biology and health promotion and disease
prevention studies, will replace Susan Deng
as an Undergraduate Student Government
residential senator because Deng is
studying abroad for the spring semester.
Tyagi must take an exam to show he has
been sufficiently briefed on USG procedures
before assuming office, but will likely be
sworn in next week if he passes the exam.
As a residential senator candidate last
semester, he received the highest number of
votes without getting a position. Tyagi was
asked to fill the position during the first
week of November.
“I felt taken aback,” Tyagi said. “I was
shocked and also very excited.”
According to USG Vice President Logan
Lachman, senators are rarely inducted
at semester breaks. Senators are usually
sworn in at the end of the academic year
after they are elected.
USG President Monish Tyagi, who is not
related to Keshav Tyagi, said changes in
officials more often occur in the cabinet,
whose members are appointed by the
president, but replacing the higher position
of senator is not unheard of.
“People who run for Senate know it’s for
the full year, but students’ circumstances
change,” Monish Tyagi said.
As a residential senator, the sophomore
will act as a spokesperson for students who
are not affiliated with a Greek organization
and who live in the immediate area of
USC. According to Lachman, who runs
Senate meetings as vice president, Senators
must attend meetings of different clubs
and organizations registered with USG,
attend Senate meetings, write resolutions,
work on legislation and advocate for their
constituency.
“It’s one of the more strenuous jobs,”
Lachman said. “There are a lot of extra
hours.”
To prepare for this new position, Keshav
Tyagi said he shadowed Deng for about a
week.
The incoming senator said he would
like to advocate for transgender students
by making bathrooms for transgender
students more easily accessible and making
services for transgender students more
available and accessible.
“I would like to focus on transgender
awareness and transgender acceptance on
campus,” Keshav Tyagi said. “I want the
university to integrate transgender friendly
policies and to increase awareness because
that’s still an area that really needs to be
improved.”
Tyagi is also involved in the Queer and
Ally Student Assembly, the InterVarsity
Trojan Christian Fellowship, serves as a peer
health educator and works as a multimedia
assistant in the music school. He said he
looks forward to bringing a new outlook to
USG because of these experiences.
“I’m hoping that I can bring a different
voice to the Senate. I feel like I’m lucky to
not have had to do it first semester because
I was able to get more immersed in USC and
gain a new perspective,” Keshav Tyagi said.
Residential senate seat reassigned to Keshav Tyagi
Undergraduate Student Government
leaders said it is rare for senators to
resign their posts mid-year.
USG
Ani Kolangian | Daily Trojan
Recess over
Students catch up with one another before starting class on Monday. Students in professor
Albert Herrera’s general physiology class (BISC 307) turn on their laptops to open
PowerPoint slides. All of the course’s lectures and notes are recorded and put online.
Ani Kolangian | Daily Trojan
Political messaging · Keshav Tyagi responds to emails during his office hours.
Tyagi will be sworn in as a residental senator this month if he passes a proficiency exam.

Student Newspaper of the University of Southern California Since 1912 | www.dailytrojan.com | VOL. 175, NO. 1 | Tuesday January 10, 2012
InDEX 2 · Quick hits 4 · Opinion 9 · Lifestyle 20 · Classifieds 21 · Crossword 24 · Sports
Realpolitik:
Meryl Streep
shines as
Margaret
Thatcher in The
Iron Lady.
“USC should consider allowing
students to keep their work-study
jobs on campus for a set
time after graduation.”
One more year:
Junior quarterback
Matt Barkley and
junior safety T.J.
McDonald will
return for the 2012
football season.
sports 24
lifestyle 9
opinion 4
weather
Sunny
hi 70
lo 47
today tomorrow
Mostly Sunny
hi 67
lo 45
On Campus
By Conrad Wilton
Daily Trojan
Richard Saul Wurman, the creator
of the Technology, Entertainment
and Design conferences, will speak
at USC this morning as part of a
Visions and Voices: The Arts and
Humanities Initiative event to
discuss his new venture examining
the art of improvised conversation
and intellectual jazz.
Wurman’s project, titled WWW.
WWW, will gather some of the
world’s most influential thinkers,
take them to a secret location and
randomly pair them for impromptu
conversations onstage while the
audience analyzes their discussions.
Among those expected to attend
are internationally acclaimed
architect Frank Gehry and
Huffington Post founder Arianna
Huffington.
Wurman describes the new
conference as a “top drawer”
TED founder
to speak at
USC today
Richard Saul Wurman will
tell student about his plans
for a new type of conference.
| see Wurman, page 8 |
By Annalise Mantz
Daily Trojan
After more than one year as a colony, or probationary
chapter, Phi Sigma Kappa Fraternity received its official
charter last month, making the organization eligible to hold
its first official new member recruitment Jan. 16.
The fraternity returned to USC as a colony in fall 2010
after losing its charter in 2003 for disciplinary reasons. As
part of a fully chartered fraternity, members now have all
the privileges of initiated brothers and the ability to associ-ate
with the national fraternity.
Phi Sigma Kappa will move to The Row next fall into the
house it occupied in 2003, when its charter was revoked.
Demetrius Wallace, director of membership develop-ment
with the national fraternity, kickstarted in fall 2010
the efforts to bring a chapter back to USC.
Wallace said he recruited the initial members and intro-duced
them to the organization. The members then had to
fulfill a variety of requirements before the national fraterni-ty
would recognize them.
“They logged over 1,000 hours of service last year be-fore
they turned in their petition and they had raised over
$5,000 for different philanthropies like Swim with Mike,”
Wallace said. “We look for them to do things that a chapter
Phi Sigma
Kappa earns
official charter
Now that it has its charter, Phi Sigma Kappa
will begin its first new member recruitment.
| see Grek, page 3 |
Greek Life
By Chelsea Stone
Daily Trojan
Keshav Tyagi, a sophomore majoring in
biology and health promotion and disease
prevention studies, will replace Susan Deng
as an Undergraduate Student Government
residential senator because Deng is
studying abroad for the spring semester.
Tyagi must take an exam to show he has
been sufficiently briefed on USG procedures
before assuming office, but will likely be
sworn in next week if he passes the exam.
As a residential senator candidate last
semester, he received the highest number of
votes without getting a position. Tyagi was
asked to fill the position during the first
week of November.
“I felt taken aback,” Tyagi said. “I was
shocked and also very excited.”
According to USG Vice President Logan
Lachman, senators are rarely inducted
at semester breaks. Senators are usually
sworn in at the end of the academic year
after they are elected.
USG President Monish Tyagi, who is not
related to Keshav Tyagi, said changes in
officials more often occur in the cabinet,
whose members are appointed by the
president, but replacing the higher position
of senator is not unheard of.
“People who run for Senate know it’s for
the full year, but students’ circumstances
change,” Monish Tyagi said.
As a residential senator, the sophomore
will act as a spokesperson for students who
are not affiliated with a Greek organization
and who live in the immediate area of
USC. According to Lachman, who runs
Senate meetings as vice president, Senators
must attend meetings of different clubs
and organizations registered with USG,
attend Senate meetings, write resolutions,
work on legislation and advocate for their
constituency.
“It’s one of the more strenuous jobs,”
Lachman said. “There are a lot of extra
hours.”
To prepare for this new position, Keshav
Tyagi said he shadowed Deng for about a
week.
The incoming senator said he would
like to advocate for transgender students
by making bathrooms for transgender
students more easily accessible and making
services for transgender students more
available and accessible.
“I would like to focus on transgender
awareness and transgender acceptance on
campus,” Keshav Tyagi said. “I want the
university to integrate transgender friendly
policies and to increase awareness because
that’s still an area that really needs to be
improved.”
Tyagi is also involved in the Queer and
Ally Student Assembly, the InterVarsity
Trojan Christian Fellowship, serves as a peer
health educator and works as a multimedia
assistant in the music school. He said he
looks forward to bringing a new outlook to
USG because of these experiences.
“I’m hoping that I can bring a different
voice to the Senate. I feel like I’m lucky to
not have had to do it first semester because
I was able to get more immersed in USC and
gain a new perspective,” Keshav Tyagi said.
Residential senate seat reassigned to Keshav Tyagi
Undergraduate Student Government
leaders said it is rare for senators to
resign their posts mid-year.
USG
Ani Kolangian | Daily Trojan
Recess over
Students catch up with one another before starting class on Monday. Students in professor
Albert Herrera’s general physiology class (BISC 307) turn on their laptops to open
PowerPoint slides. All of the course’s lectures and notes are recorded and put online.
Ani Kolangian | Daily Trojan
Political messaging · Keshav Tyagi responds to emails during his office hours.
Tyagi will be sworn in as a residental senator this month if he passes a proficiency exam.